April 25, 2017 6:11 AM

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UID numbers for cows to curb cattle trafficking: Centre to SC

The Supreme Court will today consider the recommendations on curbing cattle trafficking across Indo-Bangla border. <br/><br/>Centre has informed the Apex Court yesterday that Unique Identification Number for cows has been suggested by an expert panel to curb trafficking. <br/><br/>The committee, set up in pursuance of the court order, has recommended having tamper-proof identification of cattle by using polyurethane tags and a state-level data base to be uploaded at a website which may be linked with a national on-line database.<br/>'<br/>The recommendations were placed before a bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud which listed the PIL filed by Akhil Bharat Krishi Gosewa Sangh for today.<br/>'<br/>The issue before the Apex Court also included concern over smuggling of cattle to Nepal for being sacrificed at the Gadhimai festival, held once in five years, and a petition relating to it filed before the festival in 2014.'<br/>'<br/>The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act read with Export Import Policy (Exim policy) of India mandates that cattle can only be exported from the country with a valid licence from the regional licensing authority.<br/>''''<br/>

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